Combined railway-tie and rail-fastener.



J. F. STUNER. COMBINED RAILWAY TIE ANDRAIL FASTENER.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 17. 1908.

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and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription of the Be it known that 1, JOHN v citizen of the UnitedStates, residing in. Stark county, near the village of Dalton,'

' NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN F. sroN-na oF S/TARK COUNTY, OHIO.

COMBINED RAILWAY-TIE AND BAIL-FASTENER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Pate'nted May 26, 1908.

Application filed J amiary 17, 1 908. Serial No. 411,242.

To all whom it-WLGQ/JCOTLCGWLJ v F. SroNER, a

Wayne county, State of Ohio, have invented certain new andusefulIm-provements in a Combined Railway-Tie and Rail-Fastener;

same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, making a part ofthis specification, and to the numerals and figures of reference markedthereon, in which Figure 1 is aperspective view showing the difierentvparts in relative position. Fig. 2

is aview, showing, a portion of the tie in trarisverseseotion'illustrating a single rail. locking spike or dog showingv the lockinglever elevated and the locking plate in posi tionbefore the spike or dogis locked. Fig.

. Bis a similar view showing two spikes or lock or hold two spikes ordogs.

an end view of the tie showing a rail located thereon and illustratingthe locking late dogs located side by-side. Fig. 4 is a detached view ofa spike or dog. Fig. 5 is a to lock one spike or dog. ig. 6 is adetached viewof the locking plate designed to Fig. 7 is detached view ofa locking 1plate designed.

and lever brought into position toloc the spike or dog.

Thepresent invention has relation to combined railway :tie and rail'fasteners and it consists in theJparts'and combination of partshereinafterdescribed and pointed out in the claims.

4 :Similar numerals drawing.

the Web of the tie, which we 1 represents; v is rovid'ed .with'theintegral base fiange2 an the rail In the accompanying drawin I flange 3.'The rail'flange 3 is provided'with the integral rail holding lugs 4,which are located a distanceapart e ual to the distance betweenthe'outer e ges of the two railway rail -.bases 5. The integral railholding lugs 4 are so formed that they will assist in retaining therailway rails in proper pos tion with-reference to each other and assistin holding the railway rails in contact with.

the top of the flange 3. Below the flange, 3 are located the-lockingplates 6 and 7-, which locking plates. are substantially of the' forrnshown in Figs. 5 and 6, and are located through suitable apertures 8formed in the I of reference indicate" corresponding parts in all thefigures of the web 1 and just below the rail supporting The spikes ordogs 9 are substanflange 3; tially of the form shown and are providedwith" the usual rail flange holding heads. The spikes or dogs are. eachprovided with the narrowed portion 10, which narrowed portion is formedof a thickness equal to the smaller openings 11 formed in thelockingplates 6 and 7. The locking-plates G and 7 are also provided with thelarger openings 12.

of the spikes 9 to be passed through said openings so that the dogs orspikes can be placed in 2 and 3.

The locking plates 6 and 7 are each pro vided with the hooked ends 14,which hooked ends are for the purpose of receivin the cross-bars 15,located upon or throug the cam heads 16, which cam heads are formed.integral with the locking levers 17." In use the rails are placed inroper position upon the tie or ties. The s 1 es or looking dogs 9 theposition illustrated in Figs. 1,

The larger openings 12 are for the pur 'pose of allowing the lowerheaded ends 13- tie and the larger openings 12, after which the lockinglevers 17 are brought into the-position shown in Fig.- 7.

It will be understood that as the'locking 5 levers are brought from ahorizontal position into a substantially vertical position thelockingplates' 6 and '7 will be moved endwise thereby bringing thesmaller opening 11 into engagement with the narrowed portions 10 andlocking the spikes in fixed position.

'- Itwill be understood that during the time the lockinglevers-are'rnoved downward their cam ends will bear against the adjacentspike 9 when two spikes are used as illustrated in Fig. 3 and againstthe web. 1 of the tie when a single spike is used as illustrated in Fig.2,

thereby providing suitable bearing surfaces for the cam heads16."

It will be understood that after the levers 17 are brought into loweredpositions. the usual ballast is placed between the ties; which preventsthe levers from becoming accidentally displaced and also revents'anyaccidental displacement of the ocking levers are passed through t eapertures 18 1n the Having fully described iiiy invention What 1 claimas new and desire to secure by Let- 11ers Patent, is-

.1. In a railway tie and fastener, the combination of a railway lieprovided witlrfixed raihholding lugs, locking plates provided withopenings of diil'erentsizes and hooked pnds, locking lovers providedwith earn heads and bars adapted to engage the hooked ends of thelocking plate and spikes or dogs adapted to be locked by the lookingplates, 1 substantially as and for the purpose specified. l 2. in arailway tie and fastenenthe coml bination of a railway tie provided withfixed l mil-holding lugs, looking plates provided i have hereuntosuhscribvd in with openings of di'fl'vrvnt sizos :nld huokvd ends,locking levers providvd with mun hmds at one end and \voighlvd portionsu-t 'tlw 0010] end and bars adaptvd to ongngv tho hoolu-d ends of thol()0l\'l11])lilil, and spilws or dogs adapted to b0 lockvd by thelovking; plains.

; substantially as and for {I10 purposo spvuiliml.

In testimony that I. claim prosoncv of two \vitnossvs.

JOHN F. STONER.

w itnesses:

WILLAM I-I. MILLER. SYLVIA Bonus.

